San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-13
He Criticises Toney.


have great aversion to reply to
communications signed under nom de
plume Yet there being no rule with
out exception, most decidedly take ex.
ception 10 assertions made by "TOney"
In his well written article under thu
"aptiOn of "A chapter about the Jews.
No 2" and published 10 your issue of
the 18th inst.
It il not my purpose In this commnni-
cation to enter into Theological doc
trines and prophecies In reference 10 the
Bible or what "Toney" In the above
mentioned article calls true cracles of
God" If"TOney" desires knowledge on
tina point. | would advise him to read
carefully the various commentaries. such
as "kaIisch's Historical and Critical
Commentary on the Old Testament"
'Philipson's Bibelwork." "Furst's Com
mentary." JamiesOn's Explanatory Com
mentary," and many others.
"ToDey" In his article or "Chapter
No 2" commits the same b'under and
evinces the same Ignorance of Jews and
Judaism as all Others who are outside of
the pale OF Judaism, or as | expressed in
my lecture on Friday evening last. I'VE
are not known. No outsider knows our
hopes and expectations our sentiments
and predictions. In fact our most en-
lighteBed contemporaries do not know
us; encP the misapplioation of the term
jews and Judaism.
"Toney" says they 1.-THE Jews) are
neither Frenchmen. Spaniards, Italians,
Englishmen, America 6, etc" | reiter-
ate "TOney" is ignorant concerning
Jews and Judaism. Let me cite histori-
cal events of only the nineteenth CEN
Jury. Napoleon the Great, at the begin
ming of the nineteenth century, assem-
bled a Sanhedrin of Rabbits and notable
Israelites and propounded to them the
question: Can Jew born in France
consider France as his only Fatherland
and yet be Jew?" They answered
unanimously: ave, French Jews, have
no other nationality than that OF the
French people; to it we cling. for it we
| live, and for 1t we are likewise ready to
die, though in creed we are Jews, that
| is. believers in one God" The French
minister, Merbillon. in 1880, in the
House of Peers, said: ''ln the pubic
JUNCTION to which the Jews were called
under the flags OF our glorious pha-
lanxes, in literature, science, art and in
durtry they have in the course Of q
| quarter of century given in the most
| noble manner the lie TO the calumnies of
their sdversaries Need cite instances
| of the patriotism of the Jews In the late
| unpl-asantRess between the states or
| the Franco Prnstian war? VIII "Toney"
| deny that Isaac AdOlph Creuicux was
not loyal Frenchmenp Can he ques-
ton the sincerity of the late Sir Moses
MontefiOre to the English CROWN Can
he doubt the sincerity OF Judah p. Ben
| jamin TO the Confederacy? | most en-
phatically assert that the Jew in Ger
many Is n thorough German rs far as his
nationality Is concerned; In Eng and be
is an EnglishmAn, in France a French.
man, in intOlerant Russia even Rus
sian, in America an American, nOtwith-
standing that in his belief be clings to
the Unity Of God. Why, the very pray .
ers which the Jew offers daily to his
Heavenly Father teens with snpplica-
tiOns for the welfare. peace and prosper
iIy of the land 10 which he dwells.
"TOney" says: my idea is that ii pre-
diets 1.-THE Jews dispersiOn) the return of
the jews as distinct and separate peO-
pie to Judea." "Toney" is way off the
track. for neither jew nor judaism has
any such hope. We hold today that we are
true sons OF that country In which we
live, and which protects our liberties
and our rights; and our mission-tO see
that glorious period at hand when the
whole human family will be united into
one band Of brothers and sisters; when
friendship. harmony, and peace will
deeply dwell in every bosom and none
but the God of Israel will b. adored and
wOrshipped as the universal father
one God, one humanity, and one priest
TO refute the many erroneous statements
in Toney's article would occupy too much
of your valuable space, and the very as.
sertions made by .Toney," which, by
the by, are very trite and yet are often
made by persons who know nothing
whatever Of Jews and Judaism, were
disprOved by me 10 ny lecture on Mod.
ern judaism" on last Friday evening.
"Toney" in concluding his article
says, "If Christ was crucifcd by the
Jews, their descendants ought not to be
made crlminallY responsible for that
crucifixiOn, 1853 years ago" First o
all, how about the "Vicarious Atone
ment." II the crucifixion had not taker
place? Secondly. IL seems TO me ITO
ney" is playing r Van Wrinkle for al
historians, Jewish as well as Christian
} are agreed on that point. and more abb,
pens than mine have shown the fallacy
OF the assertion. The Romans crucitieC
him. (Sre Remains Life ofJesus, Strauss
Leben Jesa, Wise's Martyrdom of Jesus
} Analysis OF the Life Of Jesus. by J
Cohen) lsIDoRE LEwINTpAL.